Publication: Strong promoting effect of Opisthorchis viverrini infection on dimethylnitrosamine-initiated hamster liver
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1994-04-01
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03043835
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Mahidol University
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Cancer Letters. Vol.78, No.1-3 (1994), 121-125
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Witaya Thamavit, Chawalit Pairojkul, Danai Tiwawech, Tomoyuki Shirai, Nobuyuki Ito Strong promoting effect of Opisthorchis viverrini infection on dimethylnitrosamine-initiated hamster liver. Cancer Letters. Vol.78, No.1-3 (1994), 121-125. doi:10.1016/0304-3835(94)90040-X Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/9515
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Strong promoting effect of Opisthorchis viverrini infection on dimethylnitrosamine-initiated hamster liver
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Continuous administration of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) to Syrian hamsters infected with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) results in a 100% incidence of cholangiocellular carcinomas. In a two-stage experiment, however, dosing with liver flukes caused only a few lesions to develop (Flavell, D.J. and Lucus, S.B. (1983) Carcinogenesis, 4, 927]. To clarify this anomaly, Syrian hamsters were initiated with 20 mg/kg DMN injected i.p. 19 days prior to 80 OV metacercaria infection. At 45 weeks, the animals receiving both DMN and the parasite demonstrated a 44% incidence of cholangiocarcinomas, a 93% incidence of cholangiofibrosis, a 35% incidence of mucous cystadenomas and a 98% incidence of hepatocellular nodules with an average number of 9.1 ± 4.1 per animal. Animals receiving DMN alone developed 85% hepatocellular nodules with an average number of only 3.0 ± 2.7 and no bile duct lesions. In the parasite alone group, only cholangiofibrosis was detected in a few animals and no lesions were encountered in untreated controls. These results thus demonstrate that the post-initiation influence of Opisthorchiasis is indeed effective in promoting the development of both cholangiolar and hepatocellular lesions initiated by DMN. © 1994.